Tag: West Papuan self-determination
Asian human rights watchdog dismayed at lack of progress in Papua
After monitoring 20 months of the human rights situation in Papua and West Papua provinces under Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s administration, the Asian Human...
West Papua membership bid on MSG agenda in Honiara next month
By Shiyal Devi in Lautoka, Fiji
The Melanesian Spearhead Group is expected to deliberate on West Papua's bid to become a full member of the...
Jayapura police arrest 1004 Papuan activists, says KNPB
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura
The West Papua National Committee claimed that more than 1000 of its members have were detained by Indonesian police during...
Benny Wenda: Please hear my Papuan people’s cry for freedom
An open letter by Benny Wenda, a West Papuan independence leader and spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP):
Dear everyone,
Today thousands...
Activists condemn new crackdown on Papuans – 100 arrested in 4...
The Australian West Papua Association has condemned the arrest of 65 KNPB (National Committee of West Papua) and student activists in Sentani and 4...
Indonesian troop build-up in West Papua troubles PNG MPs
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
More than 4500 Indonesian soldiers have been moved to Wamena in the Highlands of West Papua region of Indonesia,...
PNG shuts out West Papuan leader on ‘order from top’
Octovianus Mote, secretary-general of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, says he has been refused entry to Papua New Guinea without any reason...
Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka: Don’t be bullied, Indonesia is not Melanesia
By Dr Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka in Honolulu, Hawai'i
Late last week, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement rejecting the Solomon Islands Prime...
Veronica Koman: Papua – the pricking of Indonesia’s national conscience
OPINION: By Veronica Koman
When outsiders think of Papua, it may be to puzzle over why protests there seem never-ending. They may assume the main...
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu promote MSG support for West Papua
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Solomon Islands Prime Minister and chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Manasseh Sogavare, has revealed that the Solomon Islands...
Benny Giay: West Papua – The journey of our nation
OPINION: By Rev Dr Benny Giay in Jayapura
A number of recent developments in Papua, Indonesia and in the Pacific, have led me to a...
RSF tells Indonesia to stop flouting journalists’ rights in Papua
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Indonesia’s authorities to stop violating the rights of journalists in West Papua, where the Jayapura police prevented...
Human rights activists slam Papuan arrests as democracy paradox
By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura
Human rights advocates in Papua have slammed the arrest of 1888 students and activists who were carrying out a...
‘Police tortured us’, say KNPB activists among Papua mass arrests
By Benny Mawel in Jayapura
Activists from the West Papuan National Committee (KNPB) allege they were tortured and beaten up by police during their mass...
Westminster meeting makes new declaration for West Papua’s future
An historic step on the road to freedom for West Papua has been taken in London.
At a meeting of the International Parliamentarians for West...
UK’s Corbyn calls for democratic reform in Papua at ‘historic’ summit
United Kingdom Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn has spoken out about the plight of the West Papuan people and supported a push for democratic reform...
West Papua – ‘a nation in waiting’: Behind this week’s uprising
Nearly 2000 people were arrested on Monday, 2 May 2016, in mass unarmed civilian-based uprisings across West Papua, reports We Are Moving Stories.
"The Indonesian...
Stop arresting indigenous Papuans plea to Indonesia
The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned from national and local sources that on May 2 police officers arrested in total 1724 indigenous Papuans...
Hundreds of Papuans arrested in mass Indonesian crackdown, say reports
Indonesian security forces and police have arrested hundreds of Papuan demonstrators during rallies today in support of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
AWPA calls on Australian Foreign Minister to condemn Papua arrests
Reports of massive arrests #liveupdatesPapua
The Australia West Papua Association has called on Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to condemn the arrests of peaceful demonstrators...
AWPA condemns arrest of 41 West Papua activists in Jayapura
Indonesian security forces stage a brutal attack on a Papuan taxi driver during this earlier rally in Jayapura on 13 April 2016 - see...
Marap indigenous group claims back 3 oil palm plantations in Papua
By Harun Rumbarar in Jayapura
Indigenous landowners from the Marap people in Arso in Papua's Keeron regency have this week invoked customary law to take...